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Miscellaneous Technical Data

Distance Across Corners
Squares

S = 1.414d		 Hexagons

H = 1.155d		 Octagons

O = 1.082d

d
Size in
Inches		 Distance Across Corners, Inches
S
Square		 H
Hexagon		 O
Octagon
1/8
3/16
1/4		 .177
.265
.354		 .144
.217
.289		 .135
.203
.271
5/16
3/8
7/16
1/2		 .442
.530
.619
.707		 .361
.433
.505
.577		 .338
.406
.474
.541
9/16
5/8
11/16
3/4		 .795
.884
.972
1.061		 .650
.722
.794
.866		 .609
.677
.744
.812
13/16
7/8
15/16		 1.149
1.237
1.326		 .938
1.010
1.083		 .879
.947
1.015
  1
1/16
1/8
3/16
1/4		 1.414
1.503
1.591
1.679
1.768		 1.155
1.227
1.299
1.371
1.443		 1.082
1.150
1.218
1.285
1.353
5/16
3/8
7/16
1/2		 1.856
1.945
2.033
2.121		 1.516
1.588
1.660
1.732		 1.421
1.488
1.556
1.624
9/16
5/8
11/16
3/4		 2.210
2.298
2.386
2.475		 1.804
1.876
1.949
2.021		 1.691
1.759
1.827
1.894
13/16
7/8
15/16		 2.563
2.652
2.740		 2.093
2.165
2.237		 1.962
2.030
2.097
  2
1/16
1/8
3/16
1/4		 2.828
2.917
3.005
3.094
3.182		 2.309
2.382
2.454
2.526
2.598		 2.165
2.232
2.300
2.368
2.435
5/16
3/8
7/16
1/2		 3.270
3.359
3.447
3.536		 2.670
2.742
2.815
2.887		 2.503
2.571
2.638
2.706
9/16
5/8
11/16
3/4		 3.624
3.712
3.801
3.889		 2.959
3.031
3.103
3.175		 2.774
2.841
2.909
2.977
13/16
7/8
15/16		 3.977
4.066
4.154		 3.248
3.320
3.392		 3.044
3.112
3.180
  3
1/8
1/4
3/8
1/2		 4.243
4.419
4.596
4.773
4.950		 3.464
3.608
3.753
3.897
4.041		 3.247
3.383
3.518
3.653
3.788
5/8
3/4
7/8		 5.126
5.303
5.480		 4.186
4.330
4.474		 3.924
4.059
4.194
  4
1/4
1/2
3/4		 5.657
6.010
6.364
6.717		 4.619
4.907
5.196
5.485		 4.330
4.600
4.871
5.141
  5
1/4
1/2
3/4
  6
 7.071
7.425
7.778
8.132
8.485		 5.774
6.062
6.351
6.640
6.928		 5.412
5.683
5.953
6.224
6.494

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